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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kristoffer this is good feedback. I did not expect this to get pushed
straight away, and perhaps there is a way forward that won't break
schematics.

Relying on implicit connected that is *not* displayed on the schematic
seems like a very bad idea to me.

I appreciate your use case (I currently have a few symbols that do that
too).

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 7:57 PM, Kristoffer Ödmark <
kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This seems dangerous, I have seen a few design where there are 5-10 pins
> hidden under the same pin, excpecting them to be connected.
>
> I would rather this hidden connections were indicated in some way, this
> change disconnects lines and might break some users footprints-symbols
> connection.
>
> - Kristoffer
>
>
> On 02/07/2017 09:47 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The attached patch prevents invisible pins from being connected using
>> the wire tool in eeschema.
>>
>> a) If you connect a wire endpoint to the same position as a pin
>> endpoint, they are NOT connected visually
>> b) Wires and insivible pins are also ignored during netlist creation
>> c) This does not affect the ability of invisible power-pins to
>> automatically connect to global power labels
>>
>> Is the current behavior of connecting invisible pins to wire endpoints
>> desired? Or is it just an aberration?
>>
>> If there is a very good reason that pins not visible in the schematic
>> are able to be connected silently?
>>
>> before: http://i.imgur.com/3gModvW.png
>>
>> after: http://i.imgur.com/r8O7c3Y.png
>>
>> (Note the 'dangling' wire-end indication)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Oliver
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> --
>  -Kristoffer
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